# 2018–19 Melbourne City FC (women) season

The 2018–19 Melbourne City FC W-League season was the club's fourth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team is based at the City Football Academy at La Trobe University and played home games at both AAMI Park and CB Smith Reserve. Melbourne City entered the season having won the past three W-League grand finals. This is the first season they were without Jess Fishlock as she joined Olympique Lyonnais instead of playing in the W-League.
On 19 June 2018 Rado Vidošić was appointed as the new head coach.

## Players
### Squad information

Melbourne City's Women squad, updated 27 October 2018.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Lydia Williams |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Yukari Kinga |
| 3 | DF | USA | Lauren Barnes |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Chelsea Blissett |
| 5 | FW | AUS | Helen Cáceres |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Steph Catley |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Elise Kellond-Knight |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Nia Stamatopoulos |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Rhali Dobson |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Adriana Jones |
| 13 | DF | NZL | Rebekah Stott |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Shelby Green (train-on player) |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Amy Jackson |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Sofia Sakalis |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Kyah Simon |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Janna Lawson |
| 22 | FW | USA | Jasmyne Spencer |
| 23 | GK | AUS | Melissa Barbieri |
| 31 | MF | AUS | Tameka Butt |
| 88 | DF | DEN | Theresa Nielsen |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window |
| 5 | FW | Helen Caceres | 25 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 12 | FW | Adriana Jones | | Adelaide United | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 8 | MF | Elise Kellond-Knight | 28 | Hammarby | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 31 | MF | Tameka Butt | 27 | Klepp IL | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 88 | DF | Theresa Nielsen | 32 | Seattle Reign | Loan | Pre-season |
| 22 | FW | Jasmyne Spencer | 28 | Seattle Reign | Loan | Pre-season |
| 9 | MF | Nia Stamatopoulos | 15 | | Youth | Pre-season |
| 4 | DF | Chelsea Blissett | 18 | South Melbourne | Transfer | Pre-season |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window |
| 10 | MF | Jess Fishlock | 31 | Seattle Reign | Loan Return | Pre-season |
| 4 | FW | Ashley Hatch | 23 | North Carolina Courage | Loan Return | Pre-season |
| 14 | DF | Alanna Kennedy | 23 | Sydney FC | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 9 | FW | Jodie Taylor | 32 | Reign FC | Loan Return | Pre-season |

## W-League
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 24 | Qualification to Finals series and 2019 AFC Women's Club Championship |
| 2 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 20 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Sydney FC (C) | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 19 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Perth Glory | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 19 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 19 | |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 18 | |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 16 | |
| 8 | Canberra United | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 13 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 30 | −19 | 4 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: February 2019, end of regular season. Source: Competitive Matches

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | B | H | A | A | H | H | B | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | D | W | ✖ | W | W | L | L | W | ✖ | W |
| Position | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |